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Posts tagged “Love songs of World War Two”

Separation is the common theme – listened to by wives and sweethearts on the home front, and by husband and lovers, overseas in distant lands fighting in the war. A horrific, yet romantic time, and these three songs must have helped and hurt in equal measure. And they’re lovely indeed. I remember these three vividly because my mother used to sing them around the house, and play them on the record player when I was a small child.

YOU’LL NEVER KNOW…1943

British songbird Vera Lynn had her own orchestra, and made the hit recording of You’ll Never Know.

Music by Harry Warren and Lyrics by Mack Gordon
The hit recording was by British songbird Vera Lynn.

I’LL BE SEEING YOU…1944
Music by Sammy Fain and Lyrics by Irving Kahal
Originally written in 1938, but made famous in the 1944 movie I’LL BE SEEING YOU, which made it a big hit, and one of WWII’s great love songs.